Early onset of overweight and obesity among low-income 1- to 5-year olds in New York City

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-554

  Irigoyen, Matilde ^a   Glassman, Melissa E ^b,d   Chen, Shaofu ^b   Findley, Sally E ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Childhood obesity; Community health; Ethnic minorities; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 46749147525     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9285-8     Document Type: Article

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